Well, my car battery is died yesterday. It seems that everything in the universe has conspired to attack me this week.
On the plus side, I purchased a set of jumper cables, and an Xpower PowerPack 300 EP. It provides a battery for jump starting a car, an air compressor that would help fix flats, and a power inverter that would conviently run my new laptop for an additional couple hours at the lake.
Nothing like a good excuse for purchasing new tools.